Babies born under sugar rationing grew into adults with lower cancer risk

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bell-cot•about 1 hour ago

If you don't see the article's link to the research - https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2610287123 (yes, paywalled):

"Sugar rationing" is far too simplistic a description of the historical situation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rationing_in_the_United_Kingdo...

jaapz•about 1 hour ago

Yeah the article doesn't mention how they account for all the other changes in people's diet, stress, environment and what not that happens during and after a war...

bell-cot•about 1 hour ago

Plus, you might want to go back a year pre-conception, at least on the father's side. Sperm cell production is a fairly long process, definitely emphasizing quantity over quality, and thus easy for all sorts of environmental factors to affect - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spermatogenesis#Duration through https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spermatogenesis#Influencing_fa...